Improvement in wash-tub stands



J. H. JOHNSON.

, WASH-TUB STAND.-

Patent'ed Jan. 25,1876,

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msumsrou n c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN H. JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-TUB STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,745, dated January25, 1876; application filed I December 16, 1875.

I hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and -to the letters of referencemarked thereon,

which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of the stand when folded, and Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the same when folded out ready for use.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

This invention relates to that class of washtub stands or benches thatmay be folded up when not in use, so as to occupy the least possiblespace; and it consists in the construction and combination of the partsthereof, as hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawing, A A are two cross-pieces, mortised at a a, so as to fittogether at right angles, as shown in Fig. 2. The cross-pieces A A aresecured together by a central pivot,

B, fixed in the uppermost cross-piece A, and upon which the lowercross-piece A turns. Pivot B has a button, I), to preveutcross-piece Afrom coming off. Legs 0 0 c c are attached to the ends of thecrosspieces, and each of these has at one end a slot, d, for the purposeof preventing the wash-tub from sliding off when the stand is in use.

The advantages of my invention will be easily seen from the foregoingdescription. It is cheap, easily constructed and operated, and can, whennot in use, be folded, as in Fig. 1, so as to occupy the smallestpossible space.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- In afoldin g wash-tub stand,constructed substantially as described, the central pivotingpin B,at'fiXed in the upper cross-piece A, and having button b, substantiallyas and for the purpose herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN H. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

J OHN E. DALTON, J AMEs BROWN.

